mosquiticide

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A form of mosquitocide — Any substance that kills mosquitos.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounmosquiticide (countable and uncountable, plural mosquiticides)

plural mosquiticides

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of mosquitocide.

    Marvelous schemes for mosquiticide by ether means have been conceived—but they all fall through.

    1914 July 17, “The Deadly Mosquito”, in Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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    40 % mortality was obtained and a reduction in the number of larvæ on subsequent days, which points to the fact that DDT’s effect was greater as a mosquiticide than as a larvicide.

    1953, Parasitology, page 79

    Our first visit to the anti-mosquito shelf of the supermarket revealed three basic weapons in the armoury – you can spray them with mosquiticide, fumigate them with the smoke from smouldering green coils, or use a plug-in device whose mode of operation was impossible to properly ascertain.

    1996 July 23, William Hartston, “Unending battle of British abroad”, in The Independent, London, page IV

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APA

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“mosquiticide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosquiticide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mosquiticide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosquiticide.

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